¡Adiós!

[Libertine Seguros]

On a folding bike?

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/heras-crowned-world-champion-65866

 

[RedheadDane]

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/heras-crowned-world-champion-65866

Yes, exactly. That's clearly folding career!

I can't believe none of you - especially Samu - got my joke...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yes, exactly. That's clearly folding career!

I can't believe none of you - especially Samu - got my joke...

Well I can believe that you didn't get that I fully understood it, but just didn't think you deserved any acknowledgement.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well I can believe that you didn't get that I fully understood it, but just didn't think you deserved any acknowledgement.

I shall make puns! "Pun" is my middle name.











No it isn't.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I shall make puns! "Pun" is my middle name.











No it isn't.

Does your middle name (almost) rhyme with pun? Otherwise it isn't a pun.

 

[RedheadDane]

Does your middle name (almost) rhyme with pun? Otherwise it isn't a pun.

Yes.
Given the fact that I like to think I write in pretty much the same style here as I do on FB - with my real life - you probably have a theory about who I am.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yes.
Given the fact that I like to think I write in pretty much the same style here as I do on FB - with my real life - you probably have a theory about who I am.

You know me, I'm always talking about and posting links to things on FB on here.

 

[tobydawq]

Nice break-through of the top-10 retiring riders, based on accumulated UCI points over their careers.

No prize for guessing who is number 1.

Valverde!

I want a prize.

 

[tobydawq]

There's certainly one missing.

Has it ever happened that 4 cycling legends like Valverde, Gilbert, Nibali & Rebellin retired in the same season?

Nothing against Porte and Dumoulin, but clearly those 4 are another caliber.

Rebellin another caliber than Dumoulin? Hmmm... He did only win one monument.

 

[RedheadDane]

Valverde!

I want a prize.

Can't you read? You are not getting a prize.

 

[Netserk]

Rebellin another caliber than Dumoulin? Hmmm... He did only win one monument.

Hehe, I take it that you agree with big wins being the measure of a great palmares then.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Can't you read? You are not getting a prize.

I can read. Does that mean I'm getting a prize?
If so, can I get it in beige, please?

 

[RedheadDane]

I can read. Does that mean I'm getting a prize?
If so, can I get it in beige?

Nobody is getting any prizes!

 

[tobydawq]

Hehe, I take it that you agree with big wins being the measure of a great palmares then.

Well, I also think Rebellin probably gets the nod but Dumoulin also has two second places in Grand Tours.

But yeah, probably it would not really go with my normal assessment if I picked Dumoulin's career over Rebellin's. There would probably also be a little bit of a sympathy thing behind that pick if I went through with it.

 

[tobydawq]

I can read. Does that mean I'm getting a prize?
If so, can I get it in beige, please?

I'll steal it, I know which city you live in!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Nobody is getting any prizes!

Remco will be sad when he finds out!

I'll steal it, I know which city you live in!

If it's a folding bike, I will have to get it insured then.

 

[RedheadDane]

Remco will be sad when he finds out!

Remco is not trying to get a prize despite me clearly stating that there will be no prize for guessing something my mother could probably have guessed.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Niki Terpstra. RVV and Roubaix = decent palmares. Plus 4 time world champion

Niki Terpstra (38) hangt fiets aan de wilgen: "Het was een fantastische reis" | sporza

Niki Terpstra (38) zet op het einde van het seizoen een punt achter zijn profcarrière. De Nederlander heeft onder meer de Ronde van Vlaanderen en Parijs-Roubaix op zijn rijkgevulde palmares staan. "Het is tijd om dit ongelofelijke hoofdstuk van mijn carrière af te sluiten", schrijft hij op...

sporza.be

 

[Unchained]

Rumor has it that Terpstra is now a U.S. gravel regular..just a rumor

 

[Põhja Konn]

With so many major names from last decade and a half going at a same time, it really feels like a symbolic curtain call for an entire era of cycling.

 

[tobydawq]

With so many major names from last decade and a half going at a same time, it really feels like a symbolic curtain call for an entire era of cycling.

Yep, it's quite extraordinary.

Four of the top 5 on the alltime CQ Ranking list retire the same year.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Richie Porte says farewell.

'Pretty tired' Richie Porte retires from cycling after glittering career including Tour de France podium finish

The two-time Tour Down Under champion, three-time Paris-Nice winner and Tour de France podium finisher brings down the curtain on a storied cycling career with a Forrest Gump quote.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Koronin]

Nice break-through of the top-10 retiring riders, based on accumulated UCI points over their careers.

No prize for guessing who is number 1.

When they are listing Valverde's major accomplishment I love the "and many more" LOL I guess this filed under we don't have time to list them all. LOL

 

[RedheadDane]

When they are listing Valverde's major accomplishment I love the "and many more" LOL I guess this filed under we don't have time to list them all. LOL

The video would probably have lasted over an hour if they had to list them all.

 

[Bolder]

Guy Niv hangs up the helmet. I think it's cool that new countries are producing competitive cyclists, not that he was a huge WT talent but he finished the TdF a few times.

Guy Niv, the first Israeli to race the Tour de France, retires

Niv finished two editions of the Tour: 'It’s the toughest decision I have ever made, but the flame inside has gone out.'

www.velonews.com